Others may have different opinions, but I've been hearing over and over that X79/X99 and the expensive CPUs are the only way to be 100% sure that passthrough will work correctly. I know I've had my i7-4790K on three different motherboards, and the *best case* so far has been that all the CPU-controlled PCIe slots get passed or not as a single unit.
I'm still just lurking and reading, though, so others may know better. Known to have issues from personal experience (all PCIe slots one ACS group): MSI Z97-MATE Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H Asus Z97A-USB3.1 On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Kajim Shanti <kajimsha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone. > > Unfortunate and unneeded intro (skip this if ur in a hurry): > > I had just got a vt-d cpu (i7 3770) and a 32gb ram kit to start working, > when I realized that my asrock z77 cpu socket has several dreadfully bent > pins on the corner that prevent the extra ram from working. I learnt there > have been many people experiencing this problem on this particular board. > Anyway I can either cut to 16gb or get a new mobo. > > Important part: > > If i decide to replace the mobo, which one would you reccommend as giving > the least problems for devices passthrough? > > Aside from those supporting the high end CPUs like xeon e5 which im not > planning to buy. > Preferably i'd stay with the i7 3770 ive just got, though i could send it > back within 30 days, if necessary. > > Thanks, Looking forward to read your responses. > > _______________________________________________ > vfio-users mailing list > vfio-users@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/vfio-users > >
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